گیتار میزنم
“گیتار میزنم” (gitâr mi-zânam) — to play the guitar in Persian. Phrase, level A2. On an instrument one plays "by striking" here: the striking verb. The guitar is "struck" as the wind strikes the strings — and no little word "on" is needed. I play the guitar and sing, says the example. In a live sentence: “گیتار میزنم و آواز میخوانم” — I play the guitar and sing. Written with the characters گ, ی, ت, ا, ر, م, ی, ز, ن, م.
In short
| Written in Persian | گیتار میزنم |
| Read in Latin letters | gitâr mi-zânam |
| Translation | to play the guitar |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
On an instrument one plays "by striking" here: the striking verb. The guitar is "struck" as the wind strikes the strings — and no little word "on" is needed. I play the guitar and sing, says the example
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- گیتار میزنم و آواز میخوانمgitâr mi-zânam va âvâz mi-khânamI play the guitar and sing
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to play the guitar” in Persian?
«گیتار میزنم», read “gitâr mi-zânam”. In a live sentence: “گیتار میزنم و آواز میخوانم” — I play the guitar and sing. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters گ, ی, ت, ا, ر, م, ی, ز, ن, م.
How is “گیتار میزنم” written in Latin letters?
gitâr mi-zânam. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
On an instrument one plays "by striking" here: the striking verb. The guitar is "struck" as the wind strikes the strings — and no little word "on" is needed. I play the guitar and sing, says the example. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.